Elizabeth Minter
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Victoria, Australia |
Born | Victoria, Australia |
23 August 1965
Turned pro | 1980 |
Plays | Left-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $US123,934 |
Singles | |
Career record | 72-80 |
Career titles | 1 WTA |
Highest ranking | No. 66 (26 October 1987) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 4R (1984) |
French Open | 1R (1985 -88) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1986, 1988) |
US Open | 3R (1986) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 32-67 |
Career titles | 1 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 104 (28 September 1987) |
Last updated on: 24 March 2010. |
Elizabeth Minter is a former Australian professional tennis player. She was born on 23 August 1965 in Australia and played on the WTA tour from 1980 to 1990. She now helps train young children.
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Tennis career
In 1983 Minter won the 1983 US Open Junior Girls' Singles.[1] She reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Women's Doubles with her sister Anne Minter in 1984 losing to Chris Evert and Wendy Turnbull;[2] the 3rd round of Wimbledon in 1986 and 1988; and the U.S. Open in 1986. She retired with a 72-80 singles record and an 32-67 doubles record. In 1984 Minter won the Salt Lake City ITF Doubles title, with her sister.[3]
Minter made her Fed Cup debut for Australia in 1984, where she played two doubles matches with her sister, against Argentina in the first round and Belgium in the second round of the World Group. Minter didn't make any further appearances for Australia.[4]
WTA Tour finals
Singles 1
Legend | |
Grand Slam | 0 |
WTA Championships | 0 |
Tier I | 0 |
Tier II | 0 |
Tier III | 0 |
Tier IV & V | 0 |
Olympic Games | 0 |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Runner-up | 1. | 30 April 1995 | Zagreb, Croatia | Clay | ![]() |
4-6, 3-6 |
Doubles 3 (2-1)
Legend | |
Grand Slam | 0 |
WTA Championships | 0 |
Tier I | 0 |
Tier II | 0 |
Tier III | 0 |
Tier IV & V | 0 |
Olympic Games | 0 |
Titles by Surface | |
Hard | 2 |
Clay | 0 |
Grass | 0 |
Carpet | 0 |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Winner | 1. | 16 September 1984 | Salt Lake City, Utah, USA | Hard | ![]() |
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6-1, 6-2 |
Winner | 2. | 30 September 1984 | Richmond, Virginia, USA | Hard | ![]() |
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6-4, 3-6, 7-6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 1 February 1987 | Auckland, New Zealand | Hard | ![]() |
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6-4, 4-6, 2-6 |
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External links
- Elizabeth Minter at the Women's Tennis Association
- Elizabeth Minter at the Fed Cup
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- Living people
- Australian female tennis players
- Tennis people from Victoria (Australia)
- US Open (tennis) champions
- US Open (tennis) junior champions
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles
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